[Sidenote: [The fyrste p{ro}se.]]
++By this she hadde endid hir{e} song{e} / whan the swetnesse of hir{e}
ditee hadde thorw p{er}ced me þ{a}t was desirous of herkninge / {and}
.I. astoned hadde yit streyhte myn Eres / þ{a}t is to seyn to herkne the
bet / what she wolde seye // so þ{a}t a litel her{e} aft{er} .I. seyde
thus // O thow þ{a}t art sou{er}eyn comfort of Angwissos corages // So
thow hast remou{n}ted {and} norysshed me w{i}t{h} the weyhte of thy
sentenses {and} w{i}t{h} delit of thy syngynge // so þ{a}t .I. trowe nat
now þ{a}t .I. be vnparygal to the strokes of fortune / as who seyth. I.
dar wel now suffren al the assautes of fortune {and} wel deffende me fro
hyr // {and} tho remedies whyche þ{a}t thow seydest hir{e} byforn weren
ryht sharpe Nat oonly p{a}t .I. am nat agrysen of hem now // but .I.
desiros of herynge axe gretely to heeren tho remedyes // than seyde she
thus // þ{a}t feelede .I. ful wel q{uod} she // whan þ{a}t thow ententyf
{and} stylle rauysshedest my wordes // {and} .I. abood til þ{a}t thow
haddest swych habyte of thy thowght as thow hast now // or elles tyl
þ{a}t .I. my self had[de] maked to the the same habyt / which þ{a}t is a
moore verray thing{e} // And certes the remenau{n}t of thinges þ{a}t ben
yit to seye / ben swyche // þ{a}t fyrst whan men tasten hem they ben
bytynge / but whan they ben resseyuyd w{i}t{h}-inne a whyht than ben
they swete // but for thow seyst þ{a}t thow art so desirous to herkne
hem // wit[h] how gret brennynge woldesthow glowen / yif thow wystest
whyder .I. wol leden the // whydyr{e} is þ{a}t q{uod} .I. // to thilke
verray welefulnesse q{uod} she // of whyche thynge herte dremeth // but
for as moche as thy syhte is ocupied {and} distorbed / by Imagynasyon of
herthely thynges / thow mayst nat yit sen thilke selue welefulnesse //
do q{uod} .I. {and} shewe me / what is thilke verray welefulnesse / .I.
preye the w{i}t{h}-howte tarynge // þ{a}t wole .I. gladly don q{uod} she
/ for the cause of the // but .I. wol fyrst marken the by wordes / {and}
I wol enforcen me to enformen the // thilke false cause of blysfulnesse
þ{a}t thow more knowest / so þ{a}t whan thow hast fully by-holden thilke
false goodes {and} torned thyne eyen to þ{a}t oother syde / thow mowe
knowe the clernesse of verray blysfulnesse //]